Pitbull is now a co-owner of a new NASCAR team with Daniel Suárez behind the wheel

Pitbull is coming to NASCAR.

Throughout the last decade or so, it seemed like musician Pitbull was everywhere in sports, from Major League Baseball’s Home Run Derby to the World Cup. And now, he’s getting involved in a different way beyond performing.

He’s joining NASCAR’s ownership ranks as the latest big-name celebrity to join the racing world.

In addition to Michael Jordan — who teamed up with Denny Hamlin to create 23XI Racing and put Bubba Wallace behind the wheel — Pitbull is now a co-owner of the newly formed team, Trackhouse Racing Team, the organization announced Friday on Twitter.

Trackhouse Racing is also owned by former driver Justin Marks — the founder of Trackhouse Entertainment Group, the name of Marks’ ownership group — and Daniel Suárez will be the team’s first driver when it makes its debut, piloting the No. 99 Chevrolet. The 2021 season begins with the Daytona 500 on February 14.

For Suárez going into his fifth Cup Series season, Trackhouse Racing is his fourth team in four seasons. The Monterrey, Mexico native previously competed for Joe Gibbs Racing, Stewart-Haas Racing and Gaunt Brothers Racing, and he posted eight top-5 finishes and 32 top-10s.

Suárez — the only full-time Mexican driver in the Cup Series — is also the 2016 second-tier XFINITY Series champion.

Trackhouse Racing is currently a one-car team, and it will have a technical alliance with Richard Childress Racing, which allows Trackhouse to use its people, technology and engineering. Trackhouse will also use ECR Engines, which partnered with defending championship team Hendrick Motorsports to develop one common Chevrolet engine.

The new Cup Series team has said that promoting STEM education and opportunities is a “central” commitment, which was loosely referenced in the Twitter video announcing Pitbull’s co-ownership.

More via a Trackhouse release via NASCAR.com:

Through a sizable contribution from the Marks Family Foundation, as well as support from the team’s partners, Trackhouse will design and execute an immersive STEM education initiative aimed at exposing America’s underrepresented youth to career opportunities in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. Using the spectacle of NASCAR racing as a curriculum platform, Trackhouse will work with school districts, community organizations and youth groups to build the most impactful roadmap for those who are inspired to pursue STEM careers.